All Stages of Hardening and Tempering

All Stages of Hardening and Tempering

Heat treatment is a general metallurgical term that encompasses the process of heating and cooling metals to change their physical and mechanical properties without changing shape. It’s safe to say that most heat treating is done to strengthen metals, but heat...
Number One reason We Can Supply Military Grade Fasteners

Number One reason We Can Supply Military Grade Fasteners

The number one reason why we can supply you with all your military specification (mil spec) fasteners? Because no one knows the industry better than we do – we’ve been supplying mil spec fasteners to original equipment manufacturers, repair facilities, and suppliers...
The Aerospace Industry: The sky’s the limit

The Aerospace Industry: The sky’s the limit

Since 1960 Electronic Fasteners, Inc. has been supplying AN, MS, and NAS fasteners to the military and aerospace markets. We take great pride in providing clients with the highest quality mil-spec aerospace and military fasteners, nuts and bolts available. Our...
Coarse and Fine Threads – Not The Kind You Wear

Coarse and Fine Threads – Not The Kind You Wear

Threads are a crucial element for a wide range of fasteners because they determine, in large part, how well male and female components of fastening systems such as nuts, bolts, and screws maintain integrity and hold materials, machines, and other systems together....
We Know Nuts and Bolts for Your Industry

We Know Nuts and Bolts for Your Industry

Fasteners of all shapes, sizes, and materials are used in a wide range of industries and applications, each requiring highly specific material characteristics to withstand environmental forces that can affect their integrity, reliability, and performance. These can...
Why can’t you use a bolt again after it’s been torqued?

Why can’t you use a bolt again after it’s been torqued?

Many of the bolts used in machine assembly, such as the automotive industry, used what are called “torque-to-yield” (TTY) bolts. These bolts feature bolt heads that are specifically designed to stretch when assembled to provide strong, reliable clamping – especially...